Saudi rights concerns

Ten Saudi women have stood their first trial session almost a year after they were detained.

The case intensified international scrutiny of the Arab monarchys human rights record. Especially after the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, no media coverage of the trial was allowed. The Saudi public prosecutor has not specified the charges. Human rights groups say some of the detainees have undergone torture and sexual assault. Nabil Mikhail Prof. of Political Science, George Washington Univ WASHINGTON DC Kevin Barrett Editor, Veterans Today MADISON

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